Vespa Scooter Museum - Pontadera, Italy
Zooming around the streets of Rome on your scooter… That would make me nervous, but the Italians sure do it! (Of course driving a car in Rome makes me nervous too, as does being a passenger in a Roman taxicab!)
Danger aside, the scooters do make a lot of sense. It saves on gas (expensive in Europe), and it’s a whole lot easier to find room to park than a car! 
The famous maker of Italian scooters is Vespa, and they have a Vespa Museum in Pontedera, Italy, not far from Pisa. If you’re ever in the area, check out the museum. And if you’re not in the area, you can check out this video instead!
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11 responses so far ↓
1 enzovespino // Jul 22, 2009 at 2:13 pm
At 0,16″ the second girl in the right-hand row is Ada Pace, who went on to race for OSCA and Maserati. She’s still alive and kicking….
2 priscos16 // Jul 24, 2009 at 4:21 pm
genial desde España!!! Very nice video!! molto bello!
3 PeppePirajno // Jul 26, 2009 at 3:20 pm
w la vespa 4 ever
4 chechubelo // Jul 28, 2009 at 10:09 pm
very nice vid
5 Hector Hernandez // Jul 29, 2009 at 8:20 am
Hi there, my name is Hector … I am so glad to meet your site … I have found a lot of useful information about Italy. You know? I am on Italy with my wife and son … and we are also writing a blog about living in Italy … maybe we could share information, tips and contacts. I will follow your blog, feel free to follow ours too … we hope you can visit it soon.
6 20lupetto01 // Aug 13, 2009 at 6:44 am
Congratulation for your video…it’s very interesting to visit the museum “virtually”
7 thescooterzone // Aug 14, 2009 at 7:19 am
very nice video …stylish bit of a wish list there..
“L’arte e la bellezza della macchhina”
8 Deanna // Aug 22, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Hector - How cool that you’re living in Italy and blogging about it! I’ll definitely check out your site and follow your blog. I think that’s a fabulous experience for a family to have.
9 liuraymond // Sep 5, 2009 at 9:08 am
wonderful+incredible…WASPA!!!
10 ChicagoScooterClub // Sep 7, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Outstanding Video!
11 graeme0762 // Sep 8, 2009 at 11:42 am
Fantastic video. I just love the Vespa scooter - also Belle & Sebastian are one my fave bands, they come from a small town 30 miles from where I live in Edinburgh.
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